Washtub.



No. 633,647. 'Patented sept. 26,1699.

J. T. HATTERSLEY.

WASHTUB.

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JOIlN T. HATTERSLEY, OF NEW'ARK, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TO THE AIilERENE STONE COMPANY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,647, dated September 26, 1899.

Application iled July 6,1898. Serial No. 685,233. (No model) To n/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. HATTERSLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washtubs, ot' which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washtubs, and pertains more particularly to improvements in what are known as stationary washtubs, which are customarily connected with a water-supply system of piping.

The invention comprises certain improve ments in the apparatus for supplying the water to the several compartments of the washtub, as hereinafter fully explained, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction, appearance, and efficiency of the stationary stone tubs and to increase their convenience of use.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of a stationary two-compartment stone washtub constructed in accordance with and embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical transverse sec-tion of same, taken partly through the partition by which the tub is divided into the two compartments. Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal section of aportion of same, taken on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and indicating by the dotted line 2 2 the section on which Fig. 2 is taken; and Fig. 4. is an enlarged detached section of a portion of the tub on the dotted line 4 4 of Fig. l and showing more particularly the manner of uniting, by means of a slip-tongue and cement, the meeting edges of the stone sections which compose the sides or other parts of the tub.

In the drawings, A designates the stone tub as a whole, and this tub, as usual, has the front and rear sides B C, ends D, bottom E, and partition F, the latter subdividing the tub into the compartments Gr H. The side or sides of the tub are formed of the several stone sections a a a, whose vertical meeting edges are at opposite sides of the plane of the partition F and are eftectually secured together with proper trueness and in a liquid and steam tight manner by means of the vertical metallic slip-tongues I, one of which is illustrated more clearly in Fig. 4, in which it will be observed that the slip-tongue is a plain concealed strip of metal entering at its opposite edges the grooves J J in the meeting edges of the stone sections a CL and being securely fastened within said grooves by means of the cement or like material K.

The slip-tongues I, which connect the sections a of the sides of the tub, will extend from the upper to the lower edges of said sides, and hence are concealed throughout their length and operate throughout their length in the securing of the sections a together. The width of the slip-tongues I is such in relation to the depth of the grooves J that the edges of the stone sections a will closely contact with one another, and hence when the slip-tongues I are in place they cre- `ate no separation of the stone sections a and with one another of the stone sections a and the formation of liquid and steam tight joints between said sections. The cement K will readily harden within the grooves J .and about the tongues I, and the side of the tub when thus constructed of the several sections a becomes'as efficientand durable as though in a single piece of material. The ends of the tub may also be formed in sections united at their meeting edges by the slip-tongu es I; but since this feature of the construction is clearly illustrated with respect to the sections a composing the sides of the tub it will be unnecessary to refer especially to the end sections, since the means illustrated for securing the side sections of the tub together are equally applicable to the securing together of the sections composing the ends of the tub.

The upper edges of the tulo will, as usual, be provided with lugs L of any suitable construction to receive the wood framing, which is customarily applied to the upper edges of the tub as a finish for the same. This wooden frame will cover the upper en ds ot` the grooves- .I and slip-tongues I, and hence when the tub is in position neither the slip-tongues nor the grooves will be discernible.

My invention pertains particularly to the apparatus for supplying water to the compartments of the tub, and in accordance with this invention I provide upon the ends of a single Water-supply pipe M the coupling N to receive two faucets O P, one being at each sidev of the central partition F. It may be assumed that the pipe M is intended for the supply of cold water, and it will be apparent that with the construction shown the pipe M may be utilized to supply cold water to either one of the compartments G H or to both of said compartments at the same time. The pipe M is in the central vertical plane of the partition F, and the coupling N on the end of said pipe extends transversely of the partition F, whereby the faucets O P are brought directly over the compartments G H in close relation to the opposite faces oi' said partition F. In all instances in which it is desirable to supply both hot and cold water to the tub I provide the additional pipe Q, which will be connected with the hot-Water supply and is on its end provided with the coupling R, which extends transversely of the partition F and is provided with the faucets S T, by which one or both of the compartments G H may be supplied with hot water from the one pipe Q. The pipe Q is also in the central vertical plane of the partition F, and hence the faucets S T, connected with the coupling R, are brought directly over the compartments G II and in close relation to the opposite faces of the central partition F'. In the preferred construction of this portion of my invention I cause the pipes M Q to be extended through apertures m q, respectively,- in the rear side of the tub and through the central partition F to the transverse apertures?` s in the said partition. The couplings N R are passed endwise into the apertures r s, and when therein they first receive the ends of the pipes M Q and thereafter the faucets, which, as shown, possess the flanges t, which contact with the faces of the partition F and effectu- R, and faucets O P and S T above described presents a very great advance over the methods and means heretofore in use for supplying hot and cold Water to washtubs.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isw

1. The stationary 'Washtub havin g the solid slab partition F subdividing the same into the compartments G, H, and having the transverse aperture lr, and the back C of said tub having the aperture m in line with said partition F and at right angles to the said aperture r, combined with the water-supply pipe M extending through said aperture 'm to the said aperture r, the threaded coupling N in said aperture r and engaged by the end of said pipe M, and the faucets O, P, having the flanges t engaging the ends of said coupling, said flanges concealing the ends of said coupling and said aperture r; substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The stationary washtub having the solid slab partition F subdividing the same into the compartments G, l-I, and having the parallel transverse apertures r, s, and the back C of said'tub having the apertures m,

q, in line with said partition F one below the other and at right angles to said apertures r, s, combined with the water-supply pipes M, Q, extending respectively through said apertures m, q, to said apertures 1', s, the threaded couplings N, R, within said apertures r, s, and respectively engaged by the ends of said pipes M, Q, the faucets O, P, on the ends of said coupling N, and the faucets S, T, on the ends of said coupling R; substantially as and for the purposes set forth. Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 2d day of July, A. D. 1808. v

JOHN T. HATTERSLEY. \Vitnesses:

CHAS. C. GILL,

E. Jos. BELKNAP. 

